Prizes & Awards

This category is not a competition.
No prizes/awards entered for this category.

Category Rules

GENERAL SUBMISSIONS- The regular deadline is July 1, 2015. Our Late/Final deadline is July 31, 2015 and an extended WAB deadline of August 15, 2015.

STUDENT SUBMISSIONS- The student submission fee is free. All students submitting films MUST include a copy of their student ID with their submission.

Rough cuts and works-in-progress are eligible for submission, it is the filmmakers responsibility to clearly indicate at the point of submission that their work is a &quot;work in progress&quot;.

Films and videos should be of interest to lesbians, gay men, bisexual, intersex and/or transgendered people. We are seeking narrative, documentary, experimental and animated film and videos. Works must not have been already exhibited publicly or been broadcast on television in South Florida (including the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach areas), or released on home video in the United States prior to the Festival.

Once we receive your link we will check WAB to ensure all of the submission process has been fulfilled.

A completed entry must be included with every submission. If you are submitting more than one entry, please complete a separate submission entry for each additional title submitted.

The festival’s internal deadline for locking the program is late August 2015. All selected and invited films must be finished and available to the MGLFF for exhibition mid October 2015.

Works in languages other than English must be subtitled for exhibition at the Festival.

Final program decisions will be made on or around September 15, 2015. You will be notified of programming decisions by email.

By submitting your work to the MiFo - Ft. Lauderdale you grant a non-exclusive license to use an excerpt of your film (if selected) for up to 3 minutes for TV and other promotional purposes. Still and jpeg photographs supplied by makers may be used for promotional reasons including but not limited to the Festival program, festival email blasts, festival press publicity and Festival website. The Festival must be notified in writing of any press or photo restrictions.

In general, the Festival does not pay rental fees for submitted works.

The applicant must pay for shipment of exhibition materials to the Festival. The Festival will pay for return shipment of exhibition materials.

The Festival accepts no responsibility for loss and damage of programmed exhibition materials beyond carrier insured value during shipment to or from the Festival. The Festival takes utmost care of your exhibition materials and provides limited recompense for any damage incurred during the screenings.

The Festival does not pay additional charges for originals, masters or special prints.

Entering a film/video implies the acceptance of the Festival submission guidelines and regulations.